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Cruise1st UK sent us this infographic.

This shows off some great features of modern cruise ships. The technological integration seems to be making cruise ships a very different experience for travelers. I love the combination of icons supplementing the main cruise ship illustration as well.

This infographic is a good example of how just a little bit of text can appear pretty dense on an infographic. Each callout has a couple of sentences about the concept with it, but it would be easier on the eye if these callouts were much shorter — more like 1-3 lines. Rather than writing in sentence form, you can help the viewer absorb the information and move on faster if you write in short bursts. For example “A different RFID wristband can be used for passengers to make on-board purchases without the need to present their room number, or their credit card” should be shortened to “RFID wristbands allow easy on-board purchases / No room number / No credit card” where “/” is a line break.

In all I’d give this infographic a B because it definitely has the right idea, but could benefit from a reduction in text and also a concluding statement to tie up the narrative.

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This infographic comes to us from the folks at Cruise Deals.

I like the layout of this a lot, it is divided up in easy to understand sections that present the information very visually. There is not too much text and there are lots of images that are understandable without needing captions or descriptions.

Overall I give this a B+. I really like the way that this infographic depicts amenities of the different types of cruise ships. The pictures show the reader exactly what they can expect to find on a cruise ship and I like how there are different colors for different categories; yellow for food and drink, blue for entertainment, and red for physical activities. Separating cruise amenities into river cruise and ocean cruise types is a nice touch as well. The river cruise section separates amenities between the river cruiser and the city which is a nice touch.

There are a couple of suggestions I have to improve this infographic. At the beginning there are pictures of the different sizes of cruiser and then a figure that says fares run from $99-$100,000. That is a pretty wide range and I think it would be nice if it was broken down into smaller ranges for each of the different types of cruise ships. Another suggestion I have is to change how the world maps look, or at least change the colors of the continents because the blue on blue on blue tends to blend together. I do like the features of the maps that highlight popular destinations, but again the look of these could be changed to make them stand out more.

The overall flow of this infographic is nice and has good data visualization, the colors are a little bit too blue-heavy but given the topic it makes sense. A few minor changes could really add a lot to this.